Movies news and stories by mail.com

Movies

Survey: Global movie spending up 2.1 pct in 2012
Global spending on movies rose 2.1 percent last year to $62.4 billion, helped by increased theater attendance in China and growth in emerging markets ...
Schwarzenegger calls for wider gun debate
Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for American leaders to think beyond gun laws in seeking ways to stop shooting tragedies. The 65-year-old action star ...
Charlize Theron urges AIDS action from world VIPs
Film star Charlize Theron says the world's business and political leaders need to do more in the fight to eradicate AIDS. She accepted an award ...
'Girl Rising' spotlights need for girls' education
Just because a film isn't finished doesn't mean it can't get buzz at Sundance. Director Richard Robbins showed about 10 minutes of his new movie, ...
Mariel Hemingway runs from crazy at Sundance
Mariel Hemingway says she has left the bad kind of crazy behind, and all that's left is good crazy. Hemingway came to the Sundance Film Festival for ...
Report: Schwarzenegger says he still loves Shriver
Arnold Schwarzenegger is quoted in an interview in Germany's top-selling newspaper saying he's still in love with his estranged wife, Maria Shriver.
Beyonce, Hudson do star turns at inauguration
Beyonce drew a loud cheer at the inauguration Monday even before her impressive rendition of the national anthem. But in the role she played four ...
'Restrepo' director has sorrowful Sundance return
Sebastian Junger wishes his latest Sundance Film Festival documentary never had to be made. It's been a bittersweet return for Junger at Sundance, ...
Study: Women fare better in independent film
Despite equal representation of male and female filmmakers at this year's Sundance Film Festival, a new study shows there has been little change in ...
Filmmaker Michael Winner dies at 77
"Death Wish" director Michael Winner, a British filmmaker, restaurant critic and bon vivant, died Monday. He was 77. Winner's wife, Geraldine, said ...
Radcliffe conjures brave new role as gay poet
Daniel Radcliffe doesn't mind hearing that schoolgirls were staking him out at the Sundance Film Festival, hoping for a Harry Potter sighting.
New documentary targets critics of fracking
"FrackNation" is a new documentary that attacks opponents of fracking for oil and gas, but it also raises a bigger question: Is it possible to ...
Celebs gather to promote arts education - and eat
For all the talk about fewer celebrities making it to Washington this time for the inauguration, you would have had a hard time not bumping into one ...
Chastain films take top 2 spots at box office
Jessica Chastain easily outmuscled Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mark Wahlberg over the weekend, topping the box office with both her supernatural horror ...
Catdance elevates the cat video to Sundance level
Everyone's favorite Internet meme — the cat video — has hit the big time. Behold the Catdance Film Festival, a one-night celebration of camera-worthy ...
A look at Schwarzenegger's box-office clout
"The Last Stand" could very well be just that for Arnold Schwarzenegger as a box-office draw. Though Schwarzenegger was for years a generally ...
'Twilight' creator Meyer makes Sundance debut
Stephenie Meyer knows all about obsessive fans. So it makes sense that the "Twilight" author should produce a movie about a woman who takes another ...
Alex Pelosi's Sundance debut has political angle
Alexandra Pelosi was beaming: She had just made her Sundance Film Festival debut with the HBO documentary "Fall to Grace," about former New Jersey Gov
Digital age prompting closure of base theaters
Stacey Darling loves watching family movies at the Ellsworth Air Force Base theater in South Dakota because it's so much more affordable than taking ...
Eagles talk about new Showtime documentary
The Eagles picked the producer of their new Showtime documentary "The History of the Eagles" — but they insist that's about all the control they had ...
Nicks, Fogerty, more join Grohl for Sundance gig
As Dave Grohl took to the stage at the Park City Live, he gave the audience an expletive-laced warning: "It's going to be a long night." But fans were ...
Filmmaker Dabis casts fresh Sundance face: herself
Filmmaker Cherien Dabis has introduced a fresh new actor to crowds at the Sundance Film Festival: herself. In her latest trip to the ...
Keys attends first Sundance as producer, composer
It's a busy week for Alicia Keys. The singer-songwriter is set to perform at three events during Barack Obama's presidential inauguration on Monday.
Bellucci says next movie will be filmed in Bosnia
Italian actress Monica Bellucci says her next movie will be filmed in Bosnia by Serbian director Emir Kusturica. Bellucci arrived in Banja Luka, the ...
Sundance: Cera misses out on mescaline head trip
Michael Cera can tell you how to cook a cactus to extract its psychedelic mescaline. But he can't tell you what a mescaline head trip is like, even ...